Walla Walla University
dream house: dwelling in fantasy
- Deadline:
- Budget: 7550
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Eligibility: We welcome proposals for original works in visual, written, or performative arts that center the voices and experiences of people impacted by the housing crisis. Selected works will: • Connect to themes of home, house, belonging, and ownership • Engage with the idea that security can be an unattainable fantasy • Address one or more intersectional dimensions of housing insecurity • Be appropriate for an interactive, family-friendly exhibition space
Dream House: Dwelling in Fantasy began in 2024, when artist and curator Margot Stroop organized an inaugural exhibition. That multi-genre exhibit centered the voices and firsthand experiences of artists navigating housing insecurity and the impacts of gentrification, exploring the housing crisis through many lenses.This second chapter comes to rural Washington via the Clyde and Mary Harris Gallery at Walla Walla University, with a focus on housing in rural communities throughout the Pacific Northwest.
This exhibition invites each of us to examine our own relationship to shelter and security. What happens to the human psyche when the material realities of modern life deny people the chance to put down roots? What role does the history of colonialism and displacement play in today’s crisis? Who builds our homes — and can those laborers find dwellings of their own? What is lost when daily life cannot be lived with the dignity of a private interior space? What can the securely housed do to advocate for their neighbors? Who has the right to live in comfort and safety, and who is denied it?
Dream House also opens space to examine the many intersecting forces that shape access to shelter: gender, labor, citizenship, safety, identity, health, family, climate change, and generational wealth.
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